Donald Trump, who won the US presidential election, telephoned Vladimir Putin and asked him not to aggravate the situation in Ukraine. This was reported by The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources.
According to the publication, this is the first conversation between Trump and Putin after the US elections. Trump called from Florida and reminded Putin of Washington's significant military presence in Europe. In addition, Trump said that he is interested in further dialogue for the sake of “a speedy resolution of the military conflict in Ukraine.”
According to The Washington Post sources, Trump indicated that he would support a deal in which Russia retained part of the occupied Ukrainian territory and briefly raised the issue of lands.
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The publication claims that Ukrainian officials were aware of the call and did not object to it. “Ukrainian authorities have long understood that Trump would discuss a diplomatic solution to the war with Putin,” writes The Washington Post.
At the same time, as Reuters reports , the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Kiev was not unaware of Trump’s upcoming call to Putin.
“Reports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance about the alleged call are false. Accordingly, Ukraine could not approve or oppose the call,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tikhy.
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Earlier it became known about a telephone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Then the media wrote that businessman Elon Musk also participated in this conversation, and the call itself “did not leave Zelensky with a feeling of despair.” Zelensky called the conversation "excellent" and said he agreed with Trump to "maintain close dialogue and develop cooperation."
Later, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov denied The Washington Post's report about the telephone conversation between Trump and Putin. He reported this to the Interfax agency.
“This is the most clear example of the quality of the information that is now sometimes published even in fairly respected publications. This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, this is simply false information,” Peskov said.
The BBC Russian Service notes that Trump's communications director, Stephen Cheung, declined to comment on "private calls between President Trump and other world leaders."
Updated at 12:27: Dmitry Peskov’s comment has been added.
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